rmoving the "block" from the banner ad

Lieutenant Joined: Jan 23, 2003 Posts: 258 Location: USA

Hi,

I wan't to strip the theme block from the banner block only. When I use the below code this happens...
in the if()
== results in all blocks looking normal
!= results in all block themes going away and just showing the block content.

Uhg... The nuke_blocks $bid for the advertising block is 16, so this should work... Right??? (I wan't to say thanks to Paladin for getting me started on this trek, but he's busy with his new site right now so I'm bring this question to NC).

Code:

if ($bid == 16) {

echo "<table width=\"165\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tr><td>\n";
echo "$content\n";
echo "</td></tr></table>\n\n";

} else {

_THEME BLOCK STRUCTURE ($title & $content)_

Any ideas?

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2003 10:59 pm

is $bid in the global statement for that function

example

Code:

global $bid;

Elite Nuker Joined: Jan 31, 2003 Posts: 717

Is that the block-Advertising.php?
If so, there is no function in that file.

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2003 12:51 am

chris-au wrote:

Is that the block-Advertising.php?
If so, there is no function in that file.

thats not a block's code its the block theme function themesideblock()

Lieutenant Joined: Jan 23, 2003 Posts: 258 Location: USA

yes... $bid is in the global...

The way my themesideblock() is setup is:

Code:

themesideblock($title, $content) {

global $bid;

if ($bid == 16) {

do the modified block

} else {

do the standard block configuratoin

}
}

This should work... shouldn't it? I mean its kinda working and not returning any errors and I'm accessing the nuke_blocks table for the correct $bid.

Elite Nuker Joined: Jan 31, 2003 Posts: 717

Thanks for the info.

I do not think that you should try to change that there.

You should have a look at mainfile.php.

Experiment with the function render_blocks( etc etc.

That is wher the $bid is firstly being accessed.

Lieutenant Joined: Jan 23, 2003 Posts: 258 Location: USA

ok... I'm in the mainfile and I'm reviewing the render_blocks function. But I'm lost... How can I tell I tell my theme to choose a block_theme layout based on $bid from here?

! Smile

come on... throw a dog a bone... Smile

Elite Nuker Joined: Jan 31, 2003 Posts: 717

I read your post but I really don't know what EXACTLY you want to do.
I know at times I am a bit dense in understanding what the real quetion is (see my previous post here).

In admin/blocks there are many things one can do with blocks but I suppose that is not the question.

If I know what you want to do, I ceratinly will try to get an answer for you,
I like challenges.

Lieutenant Joined: Jan 23, 2003 Posts: 258 Location: USA

The result I am trying to achieve is this...

I would like to display the banners block ($bid 16) $content only wrapped in a <table><tr><td> with nothing around the displayed banner...

WHile maintaining the themes blocks structure for the rest of my site.

I just want to remove the block from around the banner so that the banner, and only the banner is displayed on the page with no block around it.

Smile

Elite Nuker Joined: Jan 31, 2003 Posts: 717

Can I see your site with that banner block somewhere?

Lieutenant Joined: Jan 23, 2003 Posts: 258 Location: USA

This is where I am...

I created this...

Code:

ALTER TABLE nuke_blocks ADD `blockplace` CHAR(50) NOT NULL AFTER `blockfile`;

Now... in my theme I want to do this...

Code:

if ($blockplace == 1) {

do a modified block theme

} else {

do the default block theme

Now the questoin is where do I put this?

Code:

$sql = "SELECT blockplace FROM ".$prefix."_blocks";
$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
$row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result);
$blockplace = $row[blockplace];

Lieutenant Joined: Jan 23, 2003 Posts: 258 Location: USA

Ok.. THis is driving me NUTS! I updated function blocks($side) (in mainfile.php) to call $blockplace.

And now I'm back to the beggining...
If $blockplace == 1 then nothing changes...

If I say $blockplace !=1 then everything changes... So I know its working, but...

All all of the blocks executed at the same time? Why can't I convert just one?

Elite Nuker Joined: Jan 31, 2003 Posts: 717

I think you want to display a certain block in a certain way.
Still quite don't understand what.

But, if you download Blocks_Mod.zip from from here you can manipulate blocks in relation to with a theme if you wish.

Lieutenant Joined: Jan 23, 2003 Posts: 258 Location: USA

I'm sorry but I couldn't find the file you were pointing me to... COUld you possibly provide a direct link?

THanks in advance...

Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 3:51 pm

here is the corrected link:

http://www.sengers-au.com/downloads.html